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Improve the Lightning on a Photo using Photoshop
Really useful Photoshop retouching tutorial where we will open any photograph of lightning and drastically improve it.
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Open any Lightning photo you want to improve.
I have opened a photo, which was taken on LoĊĦinj island in Croatia.
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Click above on Layer, New Adjustment Layer and select Levels...
On RGB mode set the midtones to 0,75 (see my pic).
Don't close the window ...
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On RED mode set the shadows to 32 (see my pic).
Click OK.
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Click above on Layer, New Adjustment Layer and select Color Balance...
Select the Midtones and set the same settings like I did.
Don't close the window ...
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Select the Shadows and set the same settings like I did.
Don't close the window ...
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Select the Highlights and set the same settings like I did.
Click OK.
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And Preserve Luminosity must not be selected.
Confirm the changes.
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Press Ctrl (Command on MacOS) and J together to duplicate adjustment layer.
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Click above on Layer, New Adjustment Layer and select Color Balance...
Select the Midtones and set the same settings like I did.
Confirm the changes.
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Now select the main layer with photograph (see my pic).
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Click above on Filter, Sharpen and select Smart Sharpen...
Set the same settings like I did and click OK.
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And comparison with photograph from the beginning.
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